people doing it. i d rather attack him for what he should have said instead of what he did. i think it s a kabuki oversight. the follow-up was weak sauce. there was no follow-up on some of these core questions. we re talking about the most fundamental rights that we have in our society and i think that continuation should shoulder a lot of the blame for this and i m sorry. you can t, you know, conduct foreign policy declarations by league things to the media. that can t be your oversight. there has to be something. jennifer daskal from georgetown eun jerts and jeremy scahill and hina and jeremy epstein. we re joined by paul krugman on what he wants to hear in the president s state of the union address right after this. you h. your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans.
0 democrats, even self-described liberals might support it for the same reason a blogger lou segal gave this week. he wrote, though this might sound like a cold war liberal defending cia-led cps and military interventions, i support president obama s drone attacks. and i admit that i m a hypocrite. if a republican administration were executing these practices i d probably join in. but i trust this president s judgment that the drones are a allegedly mat way to take terrorists who would if they could kill thousands of americans, he s making a trald-off knowing that a successful massive terrorist attack against us would result in a far greater damage to our democratic institutions. would you rather we have boots on the ground like the iraq war? the obama administration quite austen tash shusly presented it. even after the troops come home from afghan starngs we will still be a nation of wafrmt in 1832, carl wrote war is an act of force. it s freely operating and obedient to no law but th
livestrong on wednesday. to michigan now where police are searching for a gunman they say is randomly targeting people in a shooting spree. authorities believe the shootings, at least 15 so far, across three counties are connected. now, no one has been injured, an they have set up a multi-agency task force to try and track down the suspected shooter or shooters. he s supposedly firing a handgun from his car at other drivers. they are apparently looking for a dark older model chevy cavalier or ford mustang. new evidence of security concerns in libya coming straight from ambassador chris stevens before he and three other americans were killed in the deadly consulate attack. republican leaders of the house oversight committee have released a batch of cables and e-mails from the ambassador and other diplomatic security workers. they say the documents are evidence that the obama administration ignored a rapidly deteriorating security situation in libya. ambassador stevens wrot
good evening. as we come on the air, we have breaking news tonight. the fbi says this 21-year-old man from bangladesh is under arrest, accused of plotting to blow up this building, the one with the red roof. the federal reserve bank here in new york. the man did not know he was being tracked by an fbi sting and abc s dan harris has this developing story at this hour. dan? reporter: diane, good evening. police say this morning, the suspect parked a van that he thought was loaded with 1,000 pounds worth of explosives, in front of the building behind me, then walked several blocks away and made a cell phone call that he believed would set it all off. prosecutors say the suspect a 21-year-old named quazi mohammad rezwanul ahsan nafis moved to america from bangladesh in january of this year, specifically to carry out a terror attack. they say when he got here, nafis started trying to recruit accomplices, claiming he had al qaeda connections, and justifying the killing of inn
the debate will be moderated by candy crowley of cnn. it is taking place in the david s. mack sports and exhibition complex on the campus of hofstra university in hempstead, new york. it will begin in just a few seconds. ifill: mark shields and david brooks will be watching with us here in the studio, along with our colleague jeffrey brown, political editor christina bellantoni, and presidential historian michael beschloss. we ll hear from all of them after the debate, when we ll also be joined by ari shapiro of npr and jonathon martin of politico. they are at hofstra. woodruff: we re also streaming th onnlntonte o ontent ondditi cal our live blog. and here, now, is tonight s moderator, candy crowley. crowley: good evening from hofstra university in hempstead, new york. i m candy crowley from cnn s state of the union. we are here for the second presidential debate at town hall sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. the gallup organization chose 82 uncommit